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March 5, 2009 | 2:00 PM
Illingworth Kerr Gallery | ACAD

Richard Boulet’s practice is a multifaceted one that includes fibre sculptures incorporating quilting and cross-stitching techniques and mixed media drawings. His work has probed subjects including his personal history of schizophrenia and references homelessness, psychosis, crisis intervention, family issues, medication, and coping strategies. It is important to Boulet to mention the word schizophrenia as a point of departure in a complete list of mental health topics addressed in his work. By providing this context, there is as much consideration paid to recovery as to pre-diagnosis hardships.

The artist’s latest body of fibre work is decidedly reflexive in nature, confronting past behaviours and decisions that have impacted negatively on his mental state. Boulet’s time-intensive working process provides the artist an opportunity to contemplate the past and, stitch by careful stitch, to put things right.